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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Katsuaki Komatsu, Hino, JP;
Masahiro Makita, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuaki Komatsu, Hino, JP;
Masahiro Makita, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inkjet head having: an inkjet head chip having ink jetting openings which are lined up to form a nozzle row on a front surface of the inkjet head chip; a manifold attached securely to a side of the inkjet head chip and leading ink to the inkjet head chip; and an ink heater which is in thermal contact through the manifold with ink in the manifold and which varies in heat generation density in a direction of the nozzle row.